laborer

mechanic

truck driver

senior field technician

installer

Rain for Rent

A typical day involved reviewing and responding to emails, checking in with customers, returning calls, and resolving any equipment or billing concerns. I monitored equipment movement, ensured job site records were accurate, and verified that all billable time and materials were correctly tracked in the system. I handled invoicing for customers and vendors, ensured equipment tracking numbers matched delivery or service paperwork, and worked closely with both the sales team and field crews to support ongoing operations. I also helped with onboarding new hires, managed random and pre-employment drug testing, and coordinated travel and lodging for staff. I learned how to multitask at a high level, stay organized under pressure, and communicate clearly across departments. The hardest part of the job was managing a large workload during peak times with limited staff. The most rewarding part was being trusted to keep everything running smoothly and being a key point of contact for both customers and the internal team.

Rain For Rent is a 4th generation family owned business. The owners are vary egotistical and arrogant. They are very hypocritical and think they motivate people by creating a overly competitive atmosphere between the 60 company branches and also between the managers at each of these branches. The branches do not work together well. Everything is dysfunctional. 

Since it is primarily a rental company and equipment inventory is stationed in branches all over the country, the fact that they create this highly competitive climate and also they are not willing to purchase new equipment or enough equipment or maintain the equipment to the level required to properly service their customers, the entire rental system suffers from many challenges because the equipment is too old, or it is not at the right branch that needs it and the cost of moving the needed equipment from branch to branch makes them not competitive with other companies that have better maintained equipment and competitors that are better stocked to meet customer needs.

The company has a terrible CRM and quote system. Quotes take too long to reach the customer. It is a very difficult company to do business with. Employees are unhappy. Turnover in the field operations department is horrendous. 

The company does many things and but doesn't do anything particularly well when it is compared with its primary competition.

What is the best part of working at the company?
There is NOT a "best" part of working at the company. The RM and RSM are severely disconnected and foster an environment of segregation. Strong discrimination and bias mentality, once you are targeted, they will figure out how to get rid of you! They are selective on who they train what the training is, or if there will be any training. Training and professional assistance for individuals with "aspirations" is nonexistent and not welcomed.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The exclusion that was surgically implemented by the RM and RSM was was absolutely disgusting! They would manipulate and entice employees with merit or position increases to gain trust. The managers not only exercised exclusion, they penetrated the branch to force their agenda of conformity by using subordinates within the branch. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Structural friction- responsibility without authority, cultural friction - toughness confused with leadership, process friction - SOPs designed for control not flow, Cognitive friction - systems thinking punished not rewarded, moral friction - integrity vs optics constantly at odds.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Fight for survival, all while attempting to navigate corporate policies to keep your job and family supported. Your life is not in your hands in this company.

Company has stacks of paperwork required to do just about anything and is literally still living in the 70s. I swear you can hear "Sky Rockets In Flight" when you walk into one their facilities. Management is always preaching safety but never willing to adequately fund it. Company claims to be "A safe environmentally responsible workplace."  but the reality is completely different.  You have to either have good old boy type connections or really suck up at this company to have any chance of real advancement. Company has a disproportionately large amount of nepotistic,well pampered & vacationed management and sales staff compared to actual field and shop workers. You get a real feel of a haughty established caste system with this company that leaves you feeling like Oliver Twist at times. Very poor communication, direction and mentoring was a constant while I worked here. Work was always rushed and undermanned. Salesmen were always underbidding jobs and promising unrealistic finish times to customers causing rushed, unsafe, undermanned, job installations usually followed by afternoon phone calls from management asking "What's the problem, What's Taking so long?"

Overall RFR is  a very good company to work for from a pay and benefit perspective. Fair wages and good benefits. There is also a good culture of safety and protection of employees and assets on the jobsite.

I enjoy coming to work, interacting with our customers and my co-workers. Most of my time is spent in the office performing administrative tasks to support the outside sales representatives. I have contact with customers via phone or email with only occasional face to face visits to customers. The hours are from 8 am to 5 pm with a required 1 hour lunch.

The company has an almost non-existent training program for selling a super specialized and technical niche-market products and services. With 60+ branches this international company should have a comprehensive training program for new employees, however they do not.

Career development is lacking and you are likely to be stuck in one position for a long time. I have been employed for over 1 year and have never had a review. The company is also very male dominated with few women leaders, field sales representatives, or laborers.

A typical day at work has its ups and downs. The company has a small mom and pop mentality when it comes to preparing for the future. The company nation wide ran differently and there wasn't any SOP's to that each branch had to abide in. Meaning each branch ran differently weather in the Oil and Gas part or Agriculture. No rules were alike. The branch I'm at didn't have a branch manager for a whole year. The branch struggled while the operations manager, who micromanaged everything during that period. There was a high turnover rate with installers and foreman quitting due to the lack of management. During this a few great employees survived during the search for a branch manager. There was such a disconnect with the branch and corporate. As long as the branch was around it goal for the month they pretty much didn't care about the high turn over and the complaints and concerns that the branches employees had. Upward advancement was slow for this company for any employee even with a great background. All in all working for this company at this branch was a great learning experience. I got to see how business should not be ran.

worked for rain for rent for only a year @half co workers where the most unskilled people I have ever worked with management was a joke they could not see the writing on the wall lost most of there customers because they would not clean the frac tanks thay would send equipment in the field in dis repair  did not care about employees cut cost to show a profit and take money from staff to pay the light bill if you were in the rest room you would come out in the locker room in the dark they would shut the lights off when you where in the if a company cant afford to keep someone from braking a leg in a pitch black room they need to  shut the doors and close down delivered a tank at night almost killed a van full of children took the tank back to the yard manager got the other driver out of bed @4 am sent him back to the same sight at night no flagger no one to warn drivers lucky no one was killed  total lack of highway safety  I would never tell any one to work for this company

Working as a sales engineer, I have a lot of freedom to dictate my daily schedule and who I prospect. I am held accountable to produce revenue for the branch and provide ongoing customer support/service. Hardest part of the job is continuing to be motivated to sell in spite of great challenges (customer dissatisfaction due to our complex business practices). Best part is working with a team that likes to perform.  Professional differences between myself and my branch manager have put me at odds where my largest accounts have been reassigned to others. I have had other managers in this company that have truly shown interest in employees well being, safety, and professional development that make me want to come to work, which is the opposite of what I am currently experiencing

I worked for Rain For rent out of Rifle Colorado during 2010-2011. The rifle branch deals almost exclusively with Oilfield Frac water transfer. The Job was good, the pay was decent, it was alot of hours. The only issue I had and what made me switch companies is it is Groundhog day every day with RFR in rifle. Once you know the job, its the same job with seemingly little opportunity for advancement. Rain for rent covers a very large spectrum of water transfer, so if you are working for them in a city you will be moving water from maybe a construction site that has a ditch that filled up, or really anything. They even managed the water for a few Hollywood movies (Water world was one of them), so you can expect your experience and what you do to be somewhat different for each Rain for rent location. This company is run like all other big companies, they pinch the penny's so be prepared for that. Overall it was a good Job, I have had a lot worse. 

This was a great place to work because of the people I got to interact with each day.  Even though there are several departments, other employees wanted to help you if they could (within policy).  Even though this is a family owned business, the culture from management could use some tweaking.  The principles are good in theory, but don't translate well to the employee level.  

For example, the company values community and team building but regularly has managers make employee "chop" lists and communicate them to supervisors.  This creates a feeling that heads are always ready to roll, even for the employee who is giving it their all.

While this may work in the short term for employees who are not self-motivated, it can cause the opposite effect for those who are.  If you are looking for job security, this may not be the best place for you.  However, the people you work with are great and if you're willing to work hard and follow policy, you could find a nice career for yourself here.

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Laborer 2 salaries reported	$8.00 per hour
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Senior field technician 1 salary reported	$21.50 per hour
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